History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . TRAIN OF LOGS LOADED FOR BAY CITY SALT BLOCK OF THE KERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Bay City, W. LUMBER YARD OF E. B. FOSS & COMPANY, On the River Front, Bay City, E. S. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 179 of the Michigan Central opened up new fieldsof trade and commerce to the growing com-munities. It will be interesting here to recall that BayCity had 810 people in i860; 3,359 in 1865;7,064 in 1870; 13,676 in 1874 and 17,003 in1876. In 1880, through the national census,the city was heralded far and wide as having agreater percentag
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . TRAIN OF LOGS LOADED FOR BAY CITY SALT BLOCK OF THE KERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Bay City, W. LUMBER YARD OF E. B. FOSS & COMPANY, On the River Front, Bay City, E. S. AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 179 of the Michigan Central opened up new fieldsof trade and commerce to the growing com-munities. It will be interesting here to recall that BayCity had 810 people in i860; 3,359 in 1865;7,064 in 1870; 13,676 in 1874 and 17,003 in1876. In 1880, through the national census,the city was heralded far and wide as having agreater percentage of increase in the decade1870 to 1880 than any other city in the country,and but two at all approached the ratio. 10 years showed a healthy growth, but asevery available site along the river front wastaken up by sawmills and lumber yards, and asthe supply of logs was giving out under thebuzz of countless saws, there was no longerroom for the rapid multiplication of mills andpopulation that had marked the preceding 10years. Bay City, East Side, had 27,839 peoplein 1890, an increase of 7,146 during that de-cade, being an increase of per
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